{"id":9283,"date":"2006-07-29T23:25:42","date_gmt":"2006-07-30T06:25:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2006\/07\/29\/bt06-two-more-reviews.html"},"modified":"2006-07-29T23:25:42","modified_gmt":"2006-07-30T06:25:42","slug":"bt06_two_more_r","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2006\/07\/29\/bt06_two_more_r.html","title":{"rendered":"BT06 &#8211; Two More Reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Back in the saddle again! <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Review code format (ranked 1-5, blah to faboo): <b>[writing \/ art \/ new reader? \/ non-comics reader?]<\/b><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><br style=\"CLEAR: both\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><b><strong>Supreme Power<\/strong>: High Command (Vol. 3)<\/b><\/em> (Marvel MAX) [<b>5\/5\/3\/3<\/b>] (collects #13-18)<br \/>\n<em>w. Joe Straczynski; a.&nbsp;Gary Frank<\/em>&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>Things get dodgier for all the cast.&nbsp; Hyperion works with Blur and Nighthawk to track down a rogue super who&#8217;s been killing hookers, only to have the government take him off their hands.&nbsp; And when Hyperion tries to increase his independence, the Feds retaliate by outing him as an alien.&nbsp; So he has to up the stakes a bit &#8230; <\/p>\n<p>JMS continues to examine &#8220;power and responsibility&#8221; issues, with varying answers (and questions) on the subject.&nbsp; The strongest installment of the series to date. 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